I've been working with you doctors for years. You just don't remember.
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Eh… who are you again? :D
This would be cooler if it just de-aged the subject instead of changing reality; if ALL documents and memories of the subject being the previous age are modified, how do we know that they were even changed?
Regular de-aging pills would make for a really boring SCP, no? What makes these pills special is that they do everything but.
Since all records and memories are changed, it does take a bit of investigation outside of controlled circumstances, but the discrepancies can be easily noticed if they're large enough. For example, if we find a grown man who insists - along with all his friends, colleagues, and official documents - that he's 8 years old, it doesn't take long to notice something's wrong.
Vaguely similar to an idea I almost thought of contributing, but just different enough to be original. QUIT STEALING MY THOUGHTS! *lol*
I'm not sure if placebo is the right term here. They still have an effect, however illusory.
I'd also quibble over the line 'chemically identical to placebos'. Placebo pills can be any number of things (usually sugar pills), so it would be better to say exactly what they are made of. Nice idea though, +1.
We already have magic pills that are chemically placebos, and a thing that decreases age by year.
Yeah, it's possible I missed whatever this is extra-similar too (and knowing that might change my mind), but I think it's pretty good on its own.
This should be Safe, you can just leave them in a room, so long no one take the pill nothing bad happens.
Yeah… when it includes this line:
SCP-483 needs no special containment
then it's Safe. Seeking second Mod/Admin for permission to edit.
Giving bearhugs to the unsuspecting since 1872.
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if your reading this your gay
Did we need two or three? Can't remember anymore. Anyway, third.
"Filled with up to 50 pills?" Is it self replenishing? Or that was how many there were when first taken by the foundation?
Keep in mind the bottle is the SCP, the pills are only a by-product. The article states that any kind of pill will be turned into the anti-aging ones:
Medical pills or tablets of any kind which are placed in SCP-483 become SCP-483-1.
I'm still hung up on the "chemically identical to a placebo" line… that's like saying "The object was the same size as a mammal", useless in terms of specification. Better would be to indicate that chemical composition is sucrose and starch, or something similar to that.
I'm with FuzzyBoots. I really do think that line should be more specific. You could even still state that it is a placebo pill, but include the chemical makeup to make it more scientifically sound.
This SCP is quite good. I enjoyed it. And that comedic part at the end made me face palm but I thought it was hilarious.
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